I think I just wasn't as big at the time, so I can't say that they slept on that record, they was just sleeping on me as a whole. I encourage anyone to go listen to 'Talking To Strangers.' That's a pure record. What’s your most slept-on song, and why?: "'Talking To Strangers' off the Blanco II album, that's one of the most honest, incredible, displays of lyricism that I feel came out in the last 10 years in rap music, period. That's what's letting me know I'm going in the right direction."
So, I feel like that was also God showing me, 'You wasn't crazy, bro, all these years.' I can really say rap is my profession, for real, at a high level. Everything's up across the board, and I was just in a meeting where I was telling my man, 'This is the first year where I got the money validation from rap.' I started working on this since 2008, but this year, I made more money than all of them years combined. I’m going to blow up because: "I go back to just seeing everything go up.
They say that about the one with me and Herbo, they say that about my song 'Himalayas,' even on my L.A. I see it on the different blogs, in the comments, people be like, 'He got Drake's same voice,' 'He took Drake's voice,' which I don't personally hear, but I'd be lying if I said I don't see a lot of those comments. I'm unique in that way, but I do get a lot of people lately that have been saying I sound like Drake, and they say it in a negative way. My style’s been compared to: "I haven't had too many style comparisons. I grew up listening to: "All the East Coast thorough shit, from Biggie Smalls to Mobb Deep, Hov, Nas, Dipset, D-Block, The Lox, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Boosie, Project Pat, like a plethora of artists. Nowhere near his finish line, Millyz speaks to XXL via phone for this week's edition of The Break. The tracks from the album that are currently picking up momentum are "Emotions" with G Herbo and "Hopeless" featuring Jadakiss, both with videos that have crossed the million-views mark in under a month. 93 spot on the Billboard 200 chart, a huge moment for a rapper who was giving out his own mixtapes back in 2009. This year, his collab EP, Pablo & Blanco, with Dave East arrived in May, shortly before Millyz's new album, Blanco IV, further bolstered his career. With both videos for 2020's "Himalayas" and "Heightened Senses" featuring Jim Jones crossing a million views, a first for the rising artist, things were beginning to change.
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His appearance on the awards show, in which he rapped about race relations, police brutality and more, led into his radio freestyle run that took him to spit bars for the likes of Statik Selektah, Funk Flex and Sway, among others.īy 2018, Millyz kicked off his Blanco album series by 2020's Blanco 3, he was starting to gain real traction on YouTube and at shows, amassing views and selling tickets at a rate higher than ever. Lucky for him, the MC got his shot i the cypher because one of the scheduled rappers missed the shoot. A few years later in 2016, Millyz showcased his lyrical skills in the BET Hip Hop Awards cypher.
The initial track was already buzzing around New England, and the remix kicked off their musical relationship. Jada jumped onto the remix of Millyz's song "The Plug," in 2013. Millyz dropped his first album, Future Memories, in 2013, which is the same year he met Jadakiss, an early supporter who became a close friend of his.